Ogletree Trial Postponed

Ogletree Trial Postponed

2/10/2014

News Release, White Plains, New York, February 10, 2014; 1:15 PM

Today, February 10th, 2014, in a pre-trial meeting for the trial of Rev. Dr. Thomas Ogletree, Bishop Clifton Ives, presiding officer, upon a joint motion by the Counsel for the Church, Timothy Riss, and the Counsel for the Respondent, W. Scott Campbell, postponed the trial date for the Dr. Thomas Ogletree trial until a later date. It was originally scheduled for March 10th, 2014 in Stamford, CT.
In a previous pre-trial meeting Bishop Ives, after consultation with Council for the Church and Counsel for the Respondent, referred the charge to a process seeking just resolution, under authority granted the presiding officer in Paragraph 2708.3 of The Book of Discipline. More time is needed for this process.